Talk:DOGE Terminating Contract for an Anthony Fauci Exhibit at the NIH Museum
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Copyright?
[edit]Hilarious, love to see it - but is the copyright tag accurate where DOGE straddles the line operating more similarly to a private contractor engaged by the government? Might be worth investigating...or just go to the source and ask them to make a statement that all DOGE creations are without copyright. Fundy Isles Historian - J (talk) 17:57, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Fundy Isles Historian - J: The Commons has {{PD-DOGE}}, which was created last night. I brought it up on the Wikimedia Discord server and an administrator saw it. No complaints yet. The way DOGE works is from November 14, 2024–January 20, 2025 (pre-Trump executive order), any posts, images, ect... is copyrighted. However, when Trump signed the executive order in the evening on January 20, 2025, DOGE became a U.S. government organization (temporary one, but still a U.S. government organization). So anything produced/published by DOGE since that executive order is un-copyrightable per PD-USGov.
- For example, On November 14, 2024, when Elon Musk made the DOGE account on X, they had File:DOGE Logo as of November 14, 2024.jpg. This is not an automatically public domain photograph as it was not produced by a U.S. government employee as part of their official duty, since DOGE didn't officially exist or have official duties until January 20, 2025. The Commons still has the image due to it being made of basic shapes, which makes it uncopyrightable to begin with. But, if DOGE changes their logo today, tomorrow, or anytime now, it would automatically be in the public domain as it was created by a U.S. government employee as part of their official duty. Hopefully that explains it. Nov 14, 2024 to Jan 20, 2025 is copyrighted. Jan 20, 2025 to present is public domain. WeatherWriter (talk) 18:08, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
